Asus launched the Zenfone 8 family of smartphones last evening. Unlike the Zenfone 7 line-up, Asus’s 2021 flagship phones take two unique trajectories. One of them known as Zenfone 8 Flip builds on its flipping genius formula, when the other, just known as the Zenfone 8 requires a swing at Apple’s iPhone 12 Mini by creating a case for compact phones. Both phones are launching very first in Europe and Taiwan. Asus had initially planned to launch them in India simultaneously but later decided to postpone these plans due to current surge in COVID-19 instances in the nation. They will now launch when the existing scenario improves.
The Zenfone 8 begins at Euros 599 (roughly Rs 53,300) and the Zenfone 8 Flip begins at Euros 799 (roughly Rs 71,one hundred).
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Aside from their contrasting design and style schemes, each phones have largely the similar hardware with couple of variations (some owing to their distinct type aspect). Both phones have the similar prime-of-the-line Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC for instance, but when the Flip has a 5,000mAh battery, the Zenfone 8 has to make do with a smaller sized 4,000mAh battery (nevertheless larger than the iPhone 12 Mini although and anything that requirements to be reviewed). Both phones help 30W quick charging — there is no wireless charging in either.
The Flip’s flip-out camera design and style leaves no space for any ingress protection even as the Zenfone 8 becomes the very first Asus phone to come with an official IP68 rating. Though, it makes it possible for for a larger screen (6.67-inch more than 5.9-inch in the 8) and more cameras (triple cameras with 64MP key, 12MP ultra-wide-angle and 8MP telephoto for 3x optical zoom more than dual cameras in the 8). That camera setup is rather strange although because the Zenfone 8’s principal rear camera (even although it is applying the similar sensor as the 8 Flip) has OIS — and the 8 Flip does not.
The screens similarly use an odd mixture of specs. Both phones use Samsung-made HDR10+ prepared AMOLED panels (E4 in the 8) but when the 8 Flip tops out at 90Hz, the 8 can go all the way to 120Hz — it is also brighter. Both phones come with optical in-show fingerprint readers.
In the 8 Flip, the rear cameras serve double duty as front cameras. The Zenfone 8 has a 12MP selfie shooter housed inside a hole punch cutout.
Rounding off the package are dual stereo speakers with Android 11-based Zen UI 8, Hi Res Audio help, Wi-Fi 6E and 5G. The Zenfone 8 on top of that comes with a headphone jack and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus on the back.
You can get the Zenfone 8 in either 6GB/8GB/16GB RAM and 128GB/256GB storage configurations. The 8 Flip comes with 8GB RAM as normal and 12BGB/256GB storage variants.
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